Surf legend Jack O’Neill hits 89
Jack O’Neill has hit 89. The founder of the US surf brand O’Neill was born in 1923, in Denver, Colorado. After serving in the Army Corps, working as a commercial fisherman and selling fire extinguishers, our man had a brilliant idea. Jack was living by the beach, in San Francisco. He enjoyed bodysurfing in cold […]
Jack O’Neill has hit 89. The founder of the US surf brand O’Neill was born in 1923, in Denver, Colorado. After serving in the Army Corps, working as a commercial fisherman and selling fire extinguishers, our man had a brilliant idea. Jack was living by the beach, in San Francisco. He enjoyed bodysurfing in cold water conditions. We know SoCal when it’s freezing. Jack has an entrepreneurial soul. He decided to test materials that could reduce the uncomfortable sensation of low water temperatures. In 1952, Jack O’Neill opens his “Surf Shop”, with that exact name. His business grows and in the 1960s, he already had a winning formula against cold water – the wetsuit, made of elastic nylon and neoprene foam.
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Surf legend Jack O’Neill hits 89
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